Pecan Pie with Maple Cream Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! As an Aussie, I’ve never been convinced about putting pumpkin, a vegetable I associate with Sunday roasts, into a sweet pie; but I do love pecan pie, another American classic. Pecans are grown widely […]
Steak with Green Peppercorn Hollandaise Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! I was served steak with green peppercorn hollandaise at the comfortable Kilchoan Hotel on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula on Scotland’s west coast. A simple hollandaise with pickled green peppercorns is such an easy way to dress up a steak with what’s […]
No-bake Passionfruit Cheesecake Like No-bake Passionfruit Cheesecake? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! Desserts often evoke nostalgia and this no-bake passionfruit cheesecake certainly does for me. My father loved cheesecake and I wish I’d made it for him more often, especially this simple version which only takes 15 minutes or […]
Fettuccine with Black Truffle Like Fettuccine with Black Truffle? Join me for a hands-on truffle hunting food & wine weekend – see video below! For many of us, one of the highlights of winter is truffles. But it wasn’t always so in Australia. On 18 June 1999 Duncan Garvey harvested Australia’s first Perigord black truffle […]
Sticky Date Pudding Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! Also called sticky toffee pudding, this dessert is pure comfort food and, assuming you keep a packet of dates in the pantry, is quick and easy to whip up without any special shopping. The Grand Marnier in the […]
Entrecôte Café de Paris Discover more delicious Swiss dishes on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland! A compound butter is one of the easiest ways to turn a piece of meat into a meal. It can be as simple as anchovies, garlic or fresh herbs mixed through butter, or as complex as […]
Carrot Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting Like carrot cake? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! I don’t know where the original recipe for this carrot cake came from – perhaps a flatmate, or an ex-boyfriend’s mother. I only know I’ve been cooking it for over 25 years, […]
